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GPU Pass Clandestino

“In this case reality is the human condition of the migrant, translated in dress-code. The migrant travels because he is still alive, wants to feel alive, be useful. He abandons loved places which stop him living and carries risk together with dreams. The migrant dreams. He wears the hope of attaining bread with the journey and he stitches it to him, he stitches it to his skin with the wounds which cost. He wears his passport which speaks Italian, speaks of football, a true International Esperanto. Global Pin-Up (like any respected Brand) puts these dreams into production.” Bread sewn to the number of Totti’s football shirt – but it could be any famous Italian football star’s shirt – it becomes the visualization of the reasons and the hopes of the migrant. With the player’s shirt the immigrant tries to be recognized, accepted. He loves Italian football, knows that Totti is Italy’s champion and in showing that he knows it and recognizes it, he hopes to be in turn recognized. He doesn’t know that dress-code has no value and will probably understand too late that his love for Italian football, and for that number 10, probably won’t save him.
(from the Catalogue Caos#2 by Raffaele Gavarro)